Sentences with phrase «best academic practices»

Facilitating interaction and sharing of best academic practices among colleges of veterinary medicine

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Gradually, however, the realities of cultural politics are becoming evident even to secular academics, and some political scientists have developed survey items that distinguish among religious traditions as well as levels of religious commitment (the latter measured by church attendance, devotional practices, and the like).

The guide uses best practices from multiple sources including industry, academic and government experts to address water conservation and efficiency, water quality protection, soil conservation and management, air quality protection, human resource management, energy conservation and efficiency, integrated pest management, weather monitoring and preventive planning, selection of appropriate insurance policies and tools, and proactive business planning and management.

Interest in shooting remains high throughout the academic year, and we arrange regular weekly practice sessions, as well as introductory sessions.

One of the fundamental beliefs of deeper - learning advocates is that these practices — revising work over and over, with frequent critiques; persisting at long - term projects; dealing with the frustrations of hands - on experimentation — develop not just students» content knowledge and intellectual ability, but their noncognitive capacities as well: what Camille Farrington would call academic perseverance and what others might call grit or resilience.

Since 2003, Challenge Success has partnered with over 150 middle and high schools to implement policies and practices that increase academic engagement and well - being for their students.

Work with our team to implement policies and practices that improve student well - being and promote academic engagement.

A user - friendly sociological overview of the philosophy and practice of doulas in the U.S., illuminated by real - life stories, for a wide audience ranging from current and aspiring birth professionals, reproductive scholars and students in a variety of academic disciplines as well as a unique resource for pregnant women contemplating childbirth.

But did you know that a consistent practice of gratitude also encourages better health, sleep, emotional well - being, and improves academic performance?

As well as leading on and participating in a range of research and evaluation projects, the team also contributes to the development of effective policy and practice through the interpretation, synthesis and dissemination of research findings, and acts as a knowledge broker between policy and practice stakeholders, researchers and the academic sector (in the UK and Europe) to strengthen links and collaboration.

The rise of new global competitors in university education is resulting in the best and brightest students and academics, leaving Nigeria on an hourly and daily basis, to other African and Euro - American universities where quality university practices are surging.

It is open to academics and / or practitioners who have improved upon — or extended beyond — current expectations of best practice in education and training.

«Joel misses the essence of teacher - student interactions, and the extent to which teachers focus on students» physical and emotional well - being, in addition to their academic learning,» said Eric Nadelstern, the former New York City deputy schools chancellor and visiting professor of practice at Columbia University's Teachers College.

You could provide mentorship in these areas by sharing experiences and practices that you have found very effective in managing your time and that have served you well in your academic achievements.

Yet the current postdoctoral arrangements seem to be discouraging talented graduates from becoming academic scientists and may not be fostering best practices in the scientific endeavor.

Accompanying these macroeconomic factors, changes such as the push to interdisciplinary and translational research, as well as the addition of innovation and technology transfer to the research and teaching remits of universities, are changing the nature and practice of academic research and of science - related jobs.

The keys to integrating modern information systems and research - based best practices into the nation's academic labs are investment and leadership, Watson says.

Connecting a global network of more than 40,000 cancer professionals, the society serves as the leading resource for best practices in clinical oncology research and academic and community practices.

On the academic side, if you want to be on the faculty at a Research I university, you'll most likely need a fabulous postdoc in a well respected lab for however many years, some plum publications, plenty of grant - writing practice, and contacts with the big - wigs in your field.

By learning how to teach — by developing good teaching practices — you may be acting in the best interests of your academic career.

An academic integrity - focused approach to addressing plagiarism emphasises the promotion of positive values alongside education of staff and students about good, and bad, practice in writing, studying and assessment design.

E.V.: Under the old system, TTOs encouraged their academic scientists to maintain good records of their conception and reduction - to - practice of an invention, in case a patent or patent application was pulled into a patent interference used to determine who invented it first.

This all keeps me quite busy already, but in addition to that I am involved in a European Union project Accentus is managing, a best - practice programme on Business Innovation and Growth from Exploitation of Academic Research (BIGEAR).

These relationships between oncology and industry are increasing, and concerns exist regarding the extent to which financial conflicts of interest (FCOIs) can influence medical decisions and physician behavior.1, 2 Thus, there is a pressing need to better understand the effects of FCOIs on both practicing oncologists and academic researchers.

The Academic Support Centre (ASC) aims to foster and promote good communication and study practices among students across Lund University.

Throughout, the faculty members will talk about best practices and lessons learned to help the postdoc navigate the academic career path.

This education thoroughly prepares graduating residents for private practice or academic radiology, as well as a variety of fellowships.

«I've used a lot of other kinds of medicines in my practice and this works,» says Leslie J. Crofford, MD, chief of the Division of Rheumatology and Women's Health at the University of Kentucky Academic Medical Center, in Lexington, Ky. «For many, many patients it works better than anything that they've ever tried.»

Greg works with the academic team to ensure that the high standards of the Distance Education Accreditation Council and the Louisiana Board of Regents are upheld in addition to best practices for online learning.On the personal side his passion is open water swimming where he has competed for over 40 years.

This year, 21 categories focus on academic progress, facilities, best practice, specialisms and innovation.

With coaching and practice, the DHS students have learned how to manage their time and their academic work better than expected.

My Power Point presentations are designed specifically to meet the academic demands of the Eduqas GCE Business course and will enable you to deliver specification specific content through the use of high quality, well presented and researched notes plus summary revision questions, calculation practice questions, and essay practice all supplied with suggested answers.

Shana Oliver, the school's academic facilitator, runs the training sessions for these best practices, and she helps the teachers see and experience how they can incorporate all ten into one lesson.

It explicitly teaches about 33 important academic words with multiple ways to practice them (most 6 - 8 times — enough for a student to acquire the words and fix them in long - term memory) as well as many roots and affixes and reading comprehension skills.

To better understand academic language, let's examine the distinction between two terms introduced by Jim Cummins, basic interpersonal communicative skills (BICS) and cognitive academic language proficiency (CALP), that have impacted both policy and practices in second - language education:

Instead of looking at students as willfully disobeying all the good manners they've been taught, what if we put a process in place to teach our expectations for student behavior with the best practices often reserved for academic work?

Before schools can respond to external pressure for increased academic performance, they must transform themselves from atomized, incoherent organizations to ones in which faculty share an explicit set of norms and expectations about what good instructional practice looks like.

In New York state, we have moved from an essentially academic approach to a system that we'll put in place in a few years based on performance assessment [including] value - added requirements, as well as the use of video and attached rubrics, that focus on the practice of teaching.

Forsten, as well as many other teachers who have tried looping, believes the practice allows educators to develop rich relationships with students and their families, create trusting and caring classroom environments, and help kids overcome both academic and developmental obstacles.

In the Prevention Science and Practice (PSP) Program at the Harvard Graduate School of Education, you will explore the many risk and protective influences on child and adolescent development, and learn how to design strengths - based interventions that promote well - being across academic, social - emotional, and health domains.

Discover innovations and best practices for combining multiple academic subjects to prepare students for a world where all knowledge is integrated.

Schools can be the safe haven where academic practices and classroom strategies provide children with emotional comfort and pleasure as well as knowledge.

These courses address the basics of gifted education, including the academic and social needs of gifted children, best practices, counseling, and working with special populations.

«Best practices» curriculum and instruction, including serious academic content for students who once would have been tracked into «job skills.»

Students who at home are socialized into the language and literacy practices valued at school will continue to have a better chance of achieving academic success than those who do not have access to such practices either inside or outside of school.

Although lively teaching and academic rigor independently and collectively increase engagement, the single biggest effect, according to Cooper's study, resulted from connective instruction — it was seven times as effective as the other two well - established practices.

The Risk and Prevention Program has been renamed Prevention Science and Practice (PSP) / Counseling C.A.S.. Although the curriculum and educational experience of students will not change, the new name, says program director Mandy Savitz - Romer, better reflects the integrated nature of the program and its mission to prepare graduates to improve the social, emotional, and academic outcomes of children and youth.

Here's a better line of inquiry: how do you coordinate knowledge, instructional practices, and technologies in order to positively influence academic achievement?

All our qualifications and modules are based on a set of key principles which take account of the needs of leaders and the education system; draw on the very best international research and evaluation evidence; ensure both academic rigour and leadership practice; involve leaders in the creation of materials; and provide opportunities for modules to be adapted to reflect different contexts.

«He has a keen interest in how diverse modes of academic research can benefit education practice and policy,» Faust added, «and how the concrete challenges facing educational leaders and policymakers, as well as teachers and students, can helpfully inform the scholarship and teaching we do here.